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CASH INDICATOR, REGISTER, AND CHECK-PRINTER.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,043, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed May 1,1893. Serial No. 472,476. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES JACQUES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and Common wealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cash Indicators, Registers, and Check-Printers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cash indicators, registers, and check-printers; and it consists in the devices and combinations hereinafter described and claimed, the same comprising means of preventing overregistration of the cash-registering mechanism, means of preventing the keys from returning to position before completing their movement, means of feeding the paper, means of printing the checks, means of cutting off the checks, means of retaining the type-carrying devices in position for printing until the closing of the drawer, means of restoring the type-carrying devices to position upon the closing of the drawer, means of unlocking the cashdrawer, and means of retaining the drawer in a closed position after the same is unlocked by the depression of a key until said key is restored to position.

In the accompanying drawings, on seven sheets, Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, on the line 1 1 in Fig. 2, of a part of the case, a part of the frame, keys, keyregistering devices, means of restoring the key-registcring wheels to their 0 position, cash-registering devices and means of restoring the same to their 0 position, parts of the paper-feeding and check-printin g devices and devices which prevent the simultaneous depression of two keys of the same bank or series, showing also a part of the drawer in section; Fig. 2, a view of a part of the case and frame, partly in elevation and partly in section, on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, showing the keys, key-registering devices, cash-registering devices, means of restoring each of said registering devices to their 0 position, means of preventing the simultaneous depression of two keys or more of the same bank or series, means of preventing the depression of any of the keys, means of preventing the keys from returning to position after a partial depression until their movement is completed, part of the indicatin paper-feeding, and check printing mechanisms, omitting the check-printing hammer, showing also a part of the drawer; Fig. 3, a left side elevation of the stand which supports the type-carrying segments, showing said segments in section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 13, showing also in left side elevation the dogs which retain the typecarrying segments in position for printing and sections of the arms which release said dogs; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section of the shaft which supports the levers and arms which release the dogs which hold the typecarrying segments in printing position, showing a part of one of said arms and a part of one of said levers in front elevation; Fig. 5, a plan of two of said lastnamed levers and parts of two of said last-named arms; Fig. 6, a plan of a part of the right side of the drawer and of the device which operates said lastnamed levers, showing one of said levers in horizontal section; Fig. 7, a plan of the keys, sliding bars, key-registering devices, cashregistering devices, means of restoring said registering devices to their 0 positions and parts of the levers which raise the indicating tablets or signals; Fig. 8, a left side elevation of a cash-registerin g wheel and its stop in the position they occupy when said registeringwheel is transferring or operating the registeringwheel of the next highest denomination; Fig. 9, a left side elevation of the cash-registeringwheel and the transferring-pinion immediately after the operation of transferring has taken place; Fig. 10, a central vertical section of a cash-registering wheel on the line 10 10 in Fig. 9; Fig. 11, aright side elevation of a cash-registering wheel and its gear, the pinion which engages said gear, the stop secured to said pinion, the pawl which holds the cash-registering releasing-lever in position when said pinion and gear are in engagement, and a vertical section of said lever, the shafts on which said registering-lever and pinion turn, and the grooved lock-shaft and a part of the frame, said releasing-lever being partly raised; Fig. 12, like Fig. 11, except that the releasing-lever is fully raised, bringing a teeth of the pinion into the groove of the lockshaft; Fig. 13, a front elevation of checkprinting devices and a part of the paper-feed ing devices, and a vertical section on the line 1-3 1.3 .in Fig. 14: of the paper-guide roll other parts of the paper-feeding devices, the inking-ribbon, the chute which receives the printed checks, also a vertical section of the lower right-hand portions of the case and the drawer; Fig. 1st, ahorizontal section of parts of the case and a plan of parts of the paperfeeding device and one of the ribbon-rolls; Fig. 15, a plan of the type-carrying segments, the inking-ribbon and its supporting-rolls, the means of operating said segments, including the segmental. gear which operates the caslnregistering mechanism and the stop pawl which prevents over-registration of the cash-registering devices; Fig.1(5,a section of the case and a plan of the drawer-unlocking mechanism and part of the drawer; Fig. 17, a vertical section on the line .17 17 in Fig. 21 of part of the case and a part of the frame, a front elevation of a part of the back of the drawer and the drawer-unlocking mechanism; Fig. 18, a section on the line 18 18 in Fig. 17 of part of the drawer, drawer-unlocking mechanism, case, and frame; Fig. 19, a vertical section of the case and drawer on the line l0 19 in Fl g. 21, showing a right side elevation of the lower part of the paper-feedin mechanism; Fig. 20, a section on the line 20 20in Fig. 21 of the case and a part of the drawer, showing a left side elevation of the lever which prevents the drawer, after the same is unlocked, from opening until the depressed keys are restored to position, and the lever which operates said last-named lever to release said drawer; Fig. 21, a plan of apart of the table, the frame being in horizontal section on the line 21 21 in Fig. 13, and-a plan of the levers which prevent the opening of the drawer after the same is unlocked until the keys are restored to position.

The case A has a lower part, (t, in which slides a drawer B, thrown out-ward by a spring I), Fig. 18, and pushed in by hand, and an upper part, ct, in which are inclosed the registering, indicating, and check-printing devices, and which is provided with windows, (not shown at which are displayed signals II, bearing numbers corresponding to the numbers 011 the keys, in the usual manner, as shown in a previous patent, No. 480,698, granted August 9, 1892, to me.

Upon a common fulcrum-rod (I, supported in the frame 0, are pivoted the keys D,-l. igs. l, 2, and 7, the same being bell-crank levers, having forward]y-extending arms (I, terminating in buttons (1 numbered in regular order and arranged in. groups or banks, each group to be used in indicating and registering money of a different denomination from the denominations indicated and registered by the other groups and each button (1 being numbered to correspond to the number indicated and registered by a single depression of the same.

To each key D is pivoted within the case a pawl d", which engages a ratchet (7, loosely turning on a horizontal rod (Z supported in the frame 0, so that each depression of said key will turn said ratchet an angular distance measured by one teeth of said ratchet, the ratchet being prevented from moving backward by a retaining-pawl d, pivoted on a horizontal rod (Z supported in the frame t. Each ratchet d" has secured to it concentrically therewith a disk (I on the periphery of which are as many numbers arranged in regular order as there are teeth in the ratchet, so that the number opposite the point of the pawl (1 indicates the number of depressions of the corresponding keyv Now multiplying the number of depressions of each key by the number borne by such key and adding together the products thus obtained for all. the keys should give the total amount of money received, and this amount should. agree with the total. amount indicated by the cash-registering devices hereinafter described, alack oi. such agreement indicating a tamperingwilh said cash-registering devices. Each ratchet d" is so weighted at d that when. relieved from the pressure of the pawls d" (t it will bring the 0 or starting point of the ratchet to the point of the pawl d. The tendency of. each weight (1", when on the descending side of the corresponding ratchet d", to cause an overregistration is counteracted by i spring (Z which presses upon the pawl 11 with sutfieieut force to cause considerable friction of said pawl (1 on said ratchet and is secured to a cross-girt c of the frame.

A skeleton bent lover (1 consists of two end pieces pivoted at their elbows at 17 on the frame 0 and at their free ends connected by horizontal rods (1 the rod 17 extending under all the impelling-pawls r! of a group of keys, so that drawing the upper .rod (1 or end of said lever forward causes the lower end of rod (Wot said lever to press upward the pawls (7 which being arranged immediatelybelow the pawls (1 causes both of said pawls to be lifted out of engagement with the ratchet d and allows said ratchets to return to their starting-points.

Thesimultaneous depression of two keys of the same group is prevented by the stops G, each stop consisting of a ccntrally-perforated disk having beveled edges and hung loosely upon a horizontal rod 7, supported on the frame 0, substantially as shown and described in said patent to me, except that the stops in this application are arranged back of the keys and operate directly upon said keys, the stops occupying all the space between two vertical walls of the frame, except spare enough for one key, so that when one key is between two adjacent stops no other key oi the group can be operated.

All the keys maybe locked in their normal positions by a wing or catch .T, Fig. 2, which reaches below all the keys and is pivoted at its rear edge, at j, to the frame and is provided with a transverse rib j, which, when the front edge of said wing is raised, rises behind all the keys and prevents their being swung backward. Upon a bracket j supported on the table a or top of the lower part a of the case, is pivoted a bent leverj the front end of which is forked at 7' to receive a stud jiwhich projects laterally from the lower end of a vertical rod j", said rod j sliding in vertical bearings j' secured to the inside of the front of the case A and having a hooked upper end i to enable said rod 3" to be raised by the finger. Raising said rod j rocks the lever j and lifts the front edge of the wing, locking the keys.

The bodies of the keys D being hung below their f ulcrum-rod makes it easier to work said keys, because the operator naturally pushes the key backward in depressing the button.

There is a series of parallel bars E equal in number to the keys and arranged to slide nearly horizontally in a horizontal cross-girt c of the frame 0, the front end of each bar being slotted at e, as shown in Fig. 7, to receive the elbow d of the corresponding key D, which is pivoted at e in said slot e, the front end of said bar E being supported only by said key. The depression of any key D causes the connected bar E to move backward, substantially as shown in said patent, a backward movement of said'bar being limited by a stop-screw 6 (see Figs. 2 and 21,) which may be turned in the cross-girt c to vary the limit of said movement, the accidental turning of said stop-screw being prevented by a check-nut c turning on said stopscrew and there being as many stop-screws as there are bars E. Each bar is provided with a stud 6 which bears against the front arm of a bell-crank lever I and raises the rear arm thereof, said rear arm extending under the corresponding signal-rod h of a signal H and raising the same into view at windows, as above stated, the lever I, signal H, and sig nal rod It being well known and sufficiently described in said patent. Each bar E has an upwardly-projecting stud 6 which, when a key is depressed, pushes back a horizontal rod f, rigidly attached to parallel arms f f which turn loosely on a fixed shaft F, sup ported in the frame 0, said rod f extending transversely over all the bars E at right angles therewith.

The studs 0 are arranged at such different distances from the rod f when the latter is in its normal position that said rod f and arms f f will be swung an angular distance corresponding to the number on the key by which the movement of said rod f is effected that is, a complete depression of the key marked 8 will turn said rod f and arms f f three times as far as the depression of the key marked 1. The arm f is continued above the shaft and carries a gear-segment K, which engages a gear 7t, loose on the stationary horizontal shaft 70, and having ten teeth or a multiple thereof, twenty such teeth being shown. An arm 10 secured to the gear 70, carries a pawl M, which engages a ratchet 70 having the same number of teeth as said gear.

The stud e on the bar E at the extreme right of the machine is arranged at such a distance from the rod f that a depression of the corresponding key D, or key at the extreme right of the machine, will turn the gear 70 and ratchet Ye an angular distance measured by two teeth of either said gear 7.: or ratchet k or one-tenth of a revolution. Aregistering-wheel K is loose 011 the shaft 70 and is secured to the gear 70 and ratchet k concentrically therewith, and is numbered on its face at equal intervals with the ten digits in regular order, 0 indicating the starting-point and also a complete revolution of said wheel. There are a series of registering-wheels K K K K K loose on the shaft 70, each like the wheel K (except that they have no attached ratchets) and each fast to a concentric gear 7a k 7c 7& having the same number of teeth as the ratchet 76*. There are as many stop-wheels L L L L L, less one, as there are registering-wheels, each stop-wheel consisting of a pinion Z, made in one piece with a stop Z and concentric therewith, each stop Z having one-half as many concave surfaces Z as there are teeth in the pinion to which it is attached, and each concave surface fitting the convex surface or face of a registeringwheel of one denomination and the teeth of the corresponding pinion engaging the gear of the registering-wheel of the next larger denomination. The teeth of the pinions Z are wider than the teeth of the gears of the registering-wheels, and once in each revolution of the registering-wheel next to the right are engaged by a short gear-segment 7.0 consisting of two teeth on the left of said lastnamed registering-wheel, which two teeth are a lateral continuation of two teeth at the other side of said registering-wheel, the interdental space 7& being continued through the face of said wheel and the points k or teeth of said stop being each in line with one of the teeth of the pinion to which said stop is secured, so that a complete revolution of the registering-wheel of one denomination turns the stop pinion next to the left an angular distance measured by two of the teeth of said stoppinion, and therefore turns the registeringwheel of the next higher denomination onetenth of a revolution in an obvious manner, the space is allowing the stop Z to turn. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 7 to 12.)

The stop-wheels L L L L L are all loose on the horizontal shaft L, which is rigidly secured in the U-shaped lever M, pivoted on the stationary horizontal shaft m, the latter being supported in the frame 0. Immediately over the shaft L is arranged a stationary horizontal stop-shaft M, provided with a longitudinal groove m, as shown in Figs. 11 .and

12, which groove m when the free front end. of the lever M is raised receives a tooth of the pinion Z of each stop-wheel and prevents such stop-wheel from turning on the shaft L. When the shaft L is raised, disengaging the stoppinions from the gears of the registeringwheels, said registering-wheels automatically return to their position, each registeringwheel. being suitably weighted for that purpose, as shown at It in Figs. 8 and 9. When the stop-wheels are in engagement with the gears of the cashregistcring wheels, theyare prevented from accidental disengagement by a hook m", pivoted on the frame and engaging a laterally-project'ing pin m with which the lever M is provided, as best seen in Figs. 11 and 12.

Overregistration of the cash -registcring wheels is prevented by a dog a on the upper side of the lever N engaging the gear 7c just at the time of the complete depression of any key. The leverN turns loosely on the shaft F and has at its lower end a fork a, which reaches down in front of and back of the horizontal transverse rod 0, rigidly secured in the arms o 0 said arms 0 being rigidly sccurcd on the rock-shaft t). The rod 0 is pushed backward by the depression of any key, each sliding bar E having in front of said rod 0 a downward projection c, which is arranged in front of and, when said rod 0 is in its normal position, (shown in Fig. 1,) nearly in contact with said rod 0. \l'hen the rod 0 is forced back by the depression of any key and the backward movement of the corresponding bar E, said rod 0 strikes the rear tine of said fork or and swings the lever N and causes the dog a to engage the gear 7t. \Vhen the key is restored to position, the roek-shaft O is restored to position by the contraction of the spring 0, connecting one of the arms 0 o with a stationary part of the frame 0, and the rod (1 is brought against the front tine of said. fork n, swinging the leverN in the other direction and drawing the dog 92. out of the gear 7c. The lever N is held in either of its extreme positions by a spring 72?, having a hook a, beveled in opposite directions and adapted to ride over a horizontal projection a on said lever N, said projection being beveled in 0pposite directions, as shown in Fig. 2, the hook yielding readily to the action of the rod 0 on the fork n".

\Vhen any bar-E begins to move backward, the hooked rear end of a lever l, pivoted at p on. said bar, drops down over said rod 0 and remains in engagement with said rod until the forward or return movement of said bar E is nearly completed, when the downhanging front end 1) of said lever l strikes a part of the fralnc, raising the hooked rear end of said lever P above the rod 0 and holding said hooked end out of engagement until the next backward movement of said bar E.

The rocksha'ft O is provided with an areshaped rack 0", concentric with said shaft 0 and secured on or formed in one piece with the arm 0, and having if-shaped teeth o and near each end a laterally-pro]ectin pin o 0 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A pawl-piece O is loose on the shaft F and is provided with two rigidly-connected dogs 0 0, one or the other of which is substantially always in engagement with the rack 0, said pawl-piece having a double incline 0 at its upper end engaged b ya leaf-sprin g o having at its free end a double incline 0, so that when said pawl-piece O is swung in either direction far enough to allow the bottom of the incline o to pass over the top of the incline 0 the spring 0 continues the movement of said pawl-piece until the dog o or u" on the opposite side of said pawl-piece from said incline o strikes the rack 0 The pawl piece 0 provided with a downhanging arm 0, made in one piece with the dogs (1% and incline o andv adapted to be struck by the pins 0" or o on the rack o just before said rack completes its movementtha t is to say, when any key is ymrtially depressed (and the correspoiuling bar i moved backward for a part of its traverse) the pawl. o remains in engagement with the rack 0 and prevents the key from returning to position until said key is completely depressed, but just at the last of the downward movement of said key the pin 0" strikes the arm 0' and by the aid of the spring 0 throws the other pawl, o, into engagement with said rack, allowing the key to return to position, but preventing any further depression of the key until it has retnrned to position, the pin o at the last of the return movementof the key striking said arm 0 and restoring it to the position shown in Fig. 1.

it will be understood that the movable parts hereinbet'orc described, with the exception of the key-locking wing .l and its opcratin leverj and red), are duplicated in each section of the machine.

The rod 0 of each rock-shaft O is loosely surrounded by a sleeve (1, formed on the front end of a horizontal rod Q, (see Figs. 1, 2, n; to 18, and 21,) which rests upon a liOi'iZUIllill ledge c of the frame 0 and is guided by a groove 0 in said ledge and by a hole 0 in a vertical part of said frame 0, so that when a key is depressed and said rod 0 is swung backward the rear end of said rod (3 strikes an upper arm, q, of the unlocking rock-shaft 1 (pivoted in the frame 0) and rocks said shaft, causing a lower arm, of, of said shaft to raise a hook q pivoted on a bracket supported on the table a of the case A, said hook being arranged in a slot a of said table and having a loop on its front end which reccives the free end of said lower arm, The free front end of the hook q is beveled at on its under surface to allow the back of the drawer to slide under said bevel and raise said hook, and said front end of said hook. is pressed downward b ya spring (fto engage the back of the drawer or a bracket Z), secured to the front side of the back of the drawer at the IOO top of the same, as shown in Figs. 16 and 18. The rock-shaft g has but one lower arm, but has as many upper arms, q, as there are groups of keys or sections of the machine that is, as many upper arms, q, as there are push-rods Q, so that a depression of any key in the machine will unlock the drawer. Two adjacent arms q may be made in one, as shown in Fig. 17.

When the drawer is unlocked it would be opened immediately by the leaf-spring b, Fig. 18, which is of the usual construction and as shown in a patent granted to m 0, were it not for a lever R, (see Figs. 1, 20, and 21,) pivoted at 0' in a slot (0 in the table a and adapted by the weight 1" 011 its rear arm to engage the back of the drawer, but normally prevented from engaging said drawer by the rod 0 resting on the upturned front end of said lever It. \Vhen the rod 0 is swung backward by the depression of a key, the rear end of the lever R engages the drawer and stays in engagement until said rod 0 and said key are restored to position. Hence where two or more keys of different groups are intended to be simultaneously depressed, and, although not, strictly speaking, simultaneously depressed, are yet so depressed that no one of them is restored to position before the others have begun to be depressed, the drawer will not be opened until all of said keys have completed their movements and have been restored to position.

The rear end of the lever R may be prevented from falling too far into the drawer by a bracket b projecting forward from the back of the drawer.

The paper 5, from which the checks are printed, is wound upon a reel S, (see Figs. 1, 2,13, and 14,) which turns upon a wall-bracket s, secured to the inside of the back of the case A, and runs from said reel over a guideroll 3 and down over the right face of a vertical feed-table T. The same is fed down over the table T by a toothed feed-plate t, pivoted at its upper end to the free end of a feed-lever t, the latter being pivoted on a wall-bracket i secured to the inside of the back of the case A. The other end of the feed-lever is jointed to a vertical feed-rod 6 provided with vertical slots through which guide-screws t are driven into the case A. The feed-rod 25 is given an upward movement on the guide-screws i (see also Figs. 19 and 21) by a pivoted incline 1 ,carried by a bracket {7 secured to the back of the drawer B in such a manner that when said drawer is being closed an antifriction-roll i supported on a lateral horizontal stud t which projects from the lower end of said feed-rod t runs under, lifts, and passes in front of the lower free end of said incline t, and when the drawer is opened said incline is drawn forward under said roll 25 and raises said roll and feed-rod and rocks said feed-lever t and pushes said feed-plate downward, drawing the paper from the reel S, said feed-platebeing held against the paper by a spring t the feed-lever being restored to position by the contraction of a spring i stretched between said feed-lever and a staple 29 driven into the back of the case. The lowerend portion of the feed-rod is bent, as shown at to bring the roll directly in front of said feed-rod.

The paper is prevented from being drawn upward by the feed-plate when the latter rises by springs i Figs. 1, 13 and 14, or rather by a spring-plate 6 secured to the case A and having two spring-arms 25 which normally reach below the feed-plate and are bent in ward toward the feed-table at their lower ends to rest upon the paper and h old it against the feedtable T. The lower ends of the springs or arms t have fingers which extend toward each other at t, as shown in Fig. 2, and the lower edge of the feed-plate in descending runs under these fingers t and crowds them out of contact with the paper, said fingers riding over said feed-plate until they again come in contact with the paper above the shoulders 19" of said feed-plate. The inner faces of the shoulders t are beveled, as shown in Fig. 13, so that when the feedplate is raised by the action of the spring i as above described, said feed-plate rides over the fingers 25 and is by them held out of contact with the paper.

On the lower end portion of the paper 8 below the feed-table T a check is printed by means described below.

On a rod it supported horizontally in a stand U (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 13 and 15) turn as many type-bearing segments to as there are groups of keys or sections of the machine, each segment bearing at equal intervals on its curved face the ten digits, beginning at O at the top of the segment. Each segment is weighted at a to restore the same to its normal position (shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 13) and is provided with an arc-shaped rack 163 and with an arm u, as shown in Fig. 13. To the arm 20 is pivoted one end of the rod to, the other end of said rod having a stud u adapted to slide in an arc-shaped slot 10 in a quadrant it pivoted on a vertical stand 10 secured to the table (L as shown in Figs. 13 and 15, said slot 10 being concentric with said quadrant. Another rod 'a is jointed atone end to said quadrant and at the other end to an upward eX- tension f of the arm f above described, so that a complete depression of the key of a certain group raises the type-carrying segment belonging to that group an amount proportioned to the number borne by said key.

In the normal position of any segment its O-mark stands opposite the printing-hammer \V, hereinafter described, and a complete depression of any one of the keys which actuate said segment brings the type which corresponds with the number on said key in a position to be struck by said hammer W. WVhen the proper type is in the position to print, the segment is retained in position, after the key is restored to position and until the printing is performed, by a vertically-sliding dog a", secured to the stand U by screws a passing loosely through vertical slots a in said dog. The dog a is provided near its lower end with a slot a, which receives a rounded free end of a rod a, loosely pivoted on the rockshaft a, supported in brackets a" secured on the table 1 (see Figs. 4, 5 and 13,) said rod n being pressed upward by aspring a and lifting the tooth or upper end of said dog it into engagement with the rack 10", there being, of course, as many rods u' as there are segments '11.

To the shaft 'u are rigid] yseeu red as many pairs of fingers a a? as there are rods a, one finger, n", of each pair extendinglaterall y above and the other, a laterally below one of said rods M15, so that when said shaft n is rocked in one direction the upper lingers, in", press upon the tops of said rods 11 and draw all the dogs a out of engagement with their racks u and allow all the type-carrying segments a to return to their 0 positions. The shaft it is provided with a single downhanging arm 11?, rigidly secured. to said rock-shaft, said arm being arranged so thatits lower end will be struck by a spring-incline a, (see Fig. 0,) secured in a grooved guide 10 fast on the side of the drawer l3, and thrown outward when the drawer is pushed into the case, with the effect of depressing the rods a and re leasing the type-carrying segments. As the drawer is pushed in, the lower end of the arm '11 enters the rear end of the grooved guide 11? and is prevented from movement while the hammer \V is striking and holds the lower fingers, 11 up against the rods a and prevents the dogs u being jarred out of engagement with the racks a by the action. of said hammer.

The guide 11 is open at the side at la in Fig. (3 to allow the lower end of the arm M to be pushed out of said guide by the spring a, the end of the spring farthest from the drawer being secured to said guide. After the guide n and spring n have passed by the arm a said arm swings toward the drawer l3, and when said drawer is again thrown out said arm it passes between the free end of said spring and the side of the guide nearest said drawer.

Between the hammer \V and the type-carrying segment runs an inked ribbon V, sup ported on vertical reels 1) r and running over vertical guide-rolls n '1", as shown in Figs. 13, Ill, and 15, said reels '0 r and rolls 1' n being supported in a bracket r secured to the inside of the end of the case A.

The hammer V is secured to a leaf-spring 1r, which forms the upper portion of a vertical hammer-arm to, pivoted at u in a bracket in", secured to the inside of the end of the lower part of the case. (See Figs. 1, 2, 13, and 15.) A swinging arm at is pivoted at w to the side of the hammer-arm farthest from the drawer and is swung back against the front of said hanrmer-arm by a leaf-spring 10, secured on said hammer-arm, into a po sition at right angles with the side of the drawer. \Vhen the drawer is pushed back into the case, an incline a, secured on the side of the drawer, strikes the free end of said swinging arm 11" and crowds said hammerarm away from the drawer; but as soon as said incline u passes said arm 11" the hammer-arm is swung by the contraction of a spring 7P8, connecting a laterally-projecting stud w" on said hammer-arm and a stud IN" on the bracket 10*, and throws said hammer \V against the inking-ribbon V, forcing said ribbon against the paper s and said paper against the type on the segments 1/" and printing a check, those segments a which are unmoved printing ciphers, and the other segments printing figures corresponding 10 the figures on the keys by which said segmenls respectively are moved.

Below the feed-table T is ahorizontal fixed blade X, supported on the bracket r which supports the ribbon-reels, and on a bracket!- is secured another blade X at such a height as to slide over said fixed blade in contact with the upper edge thereof when the hammer strikes in the act of printing, thus shearing off the check from the strip s simultaneously with the printing of said check.

As soon as the check is printed,the hammer is drawn away from the type-carrying segments by the elasticity of the spring 1r, and the printed check drops into the curved chute Y and slides down said chute and through an opening 11 formed in the end of the case A, onto the lloor of the room or onto the counter which supports the machine, or in any suitable receptacle.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a series of keys, impelling-pawls, each pivoted on one of said keys, an equal series of ratchets,eaeh engaged by one of said impelling-pawls and each having its teeth numbered consecutively and each weighted to bring its zero-point under the point of said impelling-pawl when free to turn, retaining-pawls, each engaging one of said ratchets, and springs, each pressing one of said retaining-pawls upon the correspond ing .ratehet, to increase the friction of said retaining-pawls upon said ratehets, to counteract the tendency of the weighted side of any ratchet in descending to ca use an over-registration, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a registering-wheei, a gear and a ratchet, both secured to said registering-wheel concentrically therewith, another gear, concentric with said ratchet, a pawl, carried by said last-named gear and engaging said ratchet, a series of keys, an equal series of sliding bars, each moved by the movement of one of said keys, a registering-lever, actuated by any of said sliding bars to turn said pawl-carrying gear, a rock-shaft, having arms, a rod supported by said arms and engaged by each of said sliding bars, and astop-lever,l1avinga dog to engage said firstnamed gear, an d having a fork to be engaged by said rod just before the completion of the movement of said rod in either direction, as and for the purpose specified.

The combination of a registering-W11 eel, a gear anda ratchet, both secured to said registering-Wheel concentrically therewith, another gear, concentric with said ratchet, a pawl, carried by said last-named gear and engaging said ratchet, a series of keys, an equal series of sliding bars, each moved by the movement of one of said keys, a registering-lever, actuated by any of said sliding bars to turn said pawl-carryin g gear, a rock-shaft, having arms, a rod supported by said arms and moved in one direction by the movement of any of said bars, a spring, to move said rod in the other direction, and a stop-lever, having a dog to engage said first-named gear and having a fork to be engaged by said rod just before the completion of the movement of said rod in either direction, as and for the purpose specified.

L. The combination of a registering-wheel, a gear and a ratchet, both secured to said registering-wheel concentrically therewith, another gear, concentric with said ratchet, a pawl, carried by said last-named gear and engaging said ratchet, a series of keys, an equal series of sliding bars, each moved by the movement of one of said keys, a registering-lever,

actuated by any one of said sliding bars to turn said pawl-carrying gear, a rockshaft, having arms, a rod, supported by said arms and engaged by each of said sliding bars, a stop-lever, having a dog, to engage said firstnamed gear, and having a fork to be engaged by said rod just before the completion of the movement of said rod in either direction, said stop-lever having also a projection beveled in opposite directions, and a spring-hook, adapted to ride over said beveled projection and to hold said stop-lever in either of its extreme positions and to yield when said fork is en gaged by said red, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the frame, a key, a sliding bar, adapted to be moved by the depression of a key and to be restored to posi tion by the return movement of said key and having a projection, a rock-shaft, having arms and having a rod connecting said arms and arranged in contact with said projection, a hooked lever, pivoted on said bar and having a downhanging end normally in contact with said frame, but moved out of contact with said frame by the depression of said key to allow the hook of said lever to engage said rod on the opposite side of said rod from said projection, an arc-shaped rack, secured to said rock-shaft concentrically therewith and provided at each end with a laterally-projectin g pin, a pawl-piece, having two rigidly-connected dogs and havinga rigid arm, adapted as many series of sliding bars, each series of bars corresponding in number with the keys of one series of keys and each bar being moved by the depression of a correspondin g key, as many rock-shafts as there are series of sliding bars and each rocked by the movement of anybar of the corresponding series, as many rods as there are said rock-shafts, and each having a longitudinal movement from one of said rockshafts, a hook, en gaging said drawer and normally holding said drawer closed, another roekshaft, adapted to be turned by the movement of any of said rods and having an arm to raise said hook out of engagement with said drawer, and as many retainingdevers as there are series of keys, and each normally prevented from engaging said drawer by one of said first-named rockshafts, but caused by its own gravity to engage said drawer and prevent the opening of the same when any key of the corresponding series is depressed until said key is restored to position, to prevent said drawer from being opened until all depressed keys have been restored to their normal positions, as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a cash-register and check-printer, the combination of a paper-reel, a feed-table, a toothed feedplate, a feed-lever to which said feed-plate is jointed, a feed-rod, also jointed to said feed-lever, an antifriction-roll, sup-,

ported on said feed-rod, a pivoted incline, supported on said drawer, and adapted when said drawer is being opened to strike said antifriction-roll and move said feed-rod, and when said drawer is being closed, to be turned upon its pivot by said roll, to feed paper placed between said feed-table and feed-plate, each time said drawer is opened, as and for the purpose specified.

S. The combination of the case, a drawer sliding therein, an incline secured to said drawer, ahammer, having a pivoted arm and adapted to be swung laterally away from said drawer by said incline when said drawer slides into said case, a spring to restore said hammer to position after said incline has passed said hammer, a series of numbered keys, and a movable type-carrier, the types of which correspond to the numbers on said keys and which is adapted to be moved by the depression of any key to bring the type corresponding to the number on said key into a position to be struck by said hammer, when said hammer is restored to position, to printa sheet placed between said hammer and carrier, as and for the purpose specified.

5). The combination of the case, a drawer, sliding in said case, a series of keys, numbered in regular order from end to end of the series, an equal series of sliding bars, each operated by the depression of one of said key and each having a stud, a lever, extending over all said sliding bars and adapted to be moved by any of said studs, when the corresponding key is depressed, an amount propor tioned to the number 'borne by said key, a quadrant, a rod, jointed at one end to said lever and at the other end to said quadrant, a hz'u'nmer, having an elastic arm, a segment, provided on its face with numbers corresponding to the numbers on said. keys, a rod, eonneeting said segment and said quadrant, to bring the number on said segment which corresponds with the number on the key l ;y which said segment: is actuated, into position to be struck by said hammer, a swinging arm, pivoted on said lu'nnmer-arm, a spring, to bring said swinging arm into position to be struck by an incline secured to said drawer, and pushed away from said segment when said drawer is pushed into said case, said incline, and a spring to throw said hammer toward said segment when said incline has passed said swinging arm, as and for the purpose specitied.

10. The combination. of the case, a drawer sliding therein an incline secured to said drawer, a hammer, having a pivoted arm and adapted to be swunglaterally away from said drawer bysaid incline when said drawer slides into said case, a spring, to restore said hammer to position after said incline has passed said hammer, a series of numbered keys, a movable type-carrier, the types of which correspond to the numbers on said keys and which is adapted to be moved by the depression of any key to brin the type corresponding to the number on said keyinto a position to be struck by said hammer, a rack, movable with said type-carrier, a dog and a springactuated linger adapted to hold said dog in engagement with said rack, to hold said type carrier in position for printing, as and for the purpose specified.

1.1. The combination of the case, a drawer sliding therein, an incline secured to said drawer, a hammer, having a pivoted arm and adapted to be swung laterally away from said d rawer by said inelin c when. said drawer slides into said case, a spring to restore said hammer to position after said incline has passed said hammer, a series of numbered keys, a movable type-carrier, the types of which correspond to the numbers on said keys and which is adapted to be moved by the depression of any key to bring the type corresponding to the number on said key into a position to be struck by said hammer, a rack, movable with said type-carrier, a dog, a rock-shaft, a spring-actuated rod, turning loosely on said shalft and pressing said dog into engagement with said rack, a linger, rigidly secured to said shaft and extending above said springaetuated rod, an arm, ri idly secured. to said shal't, and a spring movable with said drawer and extending backward to the side ol.- said drawer at an inclination therewith, to allow the free end of said arm. to pass bet ween said spring and drawer, when said drawer is being opened, and to crowd said arm away from said drawer when. said drawer is being closed, to rock said shal'tandpress said linger upon said rod and disengage said dog from said rack, to allow said type-carrier to return to its normalposition, as and for the pltltltlbit) specified.

12. The combinatimi ol. the case, a drawer sliding therein, an incline secured to said drawer, a hammer, having a pivoted arm and adapted to b swung laterally away :l'rom said drawer by said i nclinc when said d rawc r sl ides into said case, a spring, to restore said hammer to position after said incline has passed said hammer, a series of numbered keys, a movable type-carrier, the types 01 which correspond to the numbers on said keys and which is adapted to be moved by the depres sion of any key to bring the type corresponding to the number on said key into a posit ion to be struck by said hammer, a rack, movable with said type-carrier, a dog, a rock'slml'l, a spring-actuated rod, turning loosely on said. shaft and pressing said dog into engagenmnt with said rack, a pair of lingers, ri idly so cured to said shat't, one of which lingers errtends above and the other below said rod, an arm, rigidly secured to said shaft, a guide, secured to the side of said drawer and having a groove parallel therewith and an opening outward from the side of said groove farthest from said drawer, said groove being adapted to receive the free end of said last-named arm, and a spring, secured at its front end to said guide and extending backward across said groove and opening, at an inclim'ttion with. said groove, to allow the free end of said lastnamed arm to pass through said groove when said drawer is being opened, to hold the lower of said fingers against said rod and to hold said dog in engagement with said rack, when said drawer is being opened, and to crowd the lower end of said last-named arm out of said guide-opening, when said drawer is being closed, and to press the upper of said lingers upon said rod, to disengage said dog from said rack and to allow said type-cz'trrier to return to its normal position, as and for the purpose specified.

11. 3. The combination of the case, a drawer sliding therein, an incline secured to said drawer, a hammer, having a pivoted arm and adapted to be swung laterally away from said drawer'by said incline when said drawer slides into said case, a spring, to restore said hammer to position after said incline has assed said hammer, a type-carrier, to print a sheet llO placed between said hammer and carrier, a In witness whereof I have signed this specistationary blade and a blade secured on said fieation, in the presence of two attesting Withainmer, arranged to slide over the edge of nesses, this 15th day of February, A. D. 1893.

said fixed blade when said hammer strikes in JAMES JACQUES. the act of printing, to shear a check off from Witnesses: said sheet simultaneously with the printing ALBERT M. MOORE,

thereof, as and for the purpose specified. CLARENCE S. TRASK. 

